L. H. Bailey 
York State Rural Problems [PDF ebook] 

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Usually the city boy has had so much access to amusement and entertainment and has grown up with SO many physical conveniences and with so much service, public and private, at his command, that he finds it difficult to adapt himself to the difi’erent order of things on the farm. The road from the farm to the city is easier than the road from the city to the farm. I do not Wish to dis courage you from going into farming, for it is a laudable ambition; but I want you to be well informed.